New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
THREE LADIES PUT IN A CELL
DETECTIVE PRICE HELPS AN ACTRESS.

pH' HoHVlN GREEN FURNISHES BAIL - SERIOUS
CHARGES AGAINST THE DETECTIVE.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence lives ut No. 43 Yves
lwcntyeighth-st, and lets part of the house, which
she herself rents furnished rooms She is maronly
Wonah Oh some fifty years, and has unassnmng and
dsgmhed bearing. She has always had the reputation
o. oehg an extremely estlmable woman, according to
uutNorthy witnesses The first floor of her house Is
9Wccnpen ny Di. Norvin Green. the president of the
western Union Telegraph Company. Mrs. Lawrence
s IN he paror of her house yesterday afternoon and,
hi.diy able to control herself from agitation the
ontrgeons manner in which she had been treated told
the following story:
wa, n afternoon called here who said that she
% M ons The maids appearance respectable and
py the tod ss ' sSa S hs s.a at ss
e mr at and TSa@ a saYS ST
,d Mp long aiterward Miss Granviles unltnre came
arrived on the stair, met Lady living here aud
Miri Ms. i09Ted The lady was excesdnsy "oo to-
anS S"t O'Clock Mis-, Granville TO and sad that Y
"a, Would % come
for n afnsS ao tns w me
rmdy t ,G was nng It TranG when she felt her elbow
vlIl@ ''N'' against aud on looking up saw M''' ''-n
Where .. iS are You vingi Miss Granville asked.
-. am IN twenty eighth.st.' the cold response
on the 80 AN Miss Granville went and Iuk met you
The ay returned home and asked her what
cern thnss Which, Me-. me ra 40 a" would be
ter mn to orestall her and try nInre her.
Granvie which made impossible allow her TO remain in
CO. nsS her Tsn to her ama TOW her
Won lock The room and be responsible for it, safety she
at s Hf VIM he
and ont While %fIea a. and wsa bc2 a ss had 9 .s
put the Assistant Dsirict Attorney but paid at
M s@ST sfS SsHt to the gS
IN ana, or complained that had DEMANDED her money
for her am that she iea her property there was not
m SSSr T and mel M ss tcD "a. ns
", I 6,e on hs head and had ashtea 0issr 10 his
~ aa sail at he had come to see y, as SG
aanly NJ an asked hlH Who he vas
remove yoS, hat and TAKE YOUR cigar from your
m"n,h SIR al Indignantly. lie answered by pulling his
popcny again demanded who he was Then he threw back
The sam. time actually hrowing card in NY face Witch
r ren ,J 1,%ss Price Deestiye was very much OK
brute actually advanced toward me aud took me by The
op he Would S h@ M" two Two Iav friends Of %os
MI LInra Brent and VIZ. Nara Graham Of botGn " no ns
c. me INTO the hall attracted by the noise and Mrs Broot
that aiy. SIR what You ab1utf The deter tive took
o Of aud threw her aside and then said he would have
=" Arrr-tcir I exclaimed why Should you arrest met
moihoT Wy don't understand hi- Tic dciscriyo ent
,o roer pneer VIC, ane who aced mo under arrest
oppressed hi, sympathy he only orer'
S G Ss:sd ' she 'S s h him 9 mdSs S and SS1
sorry but must obey ordr. lie ao~ei me to go aheal o.
sl.o va were taken to The police station There Mrs
cell. Mrt Brent locked up We in two
cells Al onr irgurSt We we're hen all pu IN one cell where
TO eel Dr. "ren The facts as az ne arrive and have him
Green"
st the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday the
three fined + 10 each by Justice Ford on
the charge OF as-a H. PuCe that he had been set
upon going 20 the honse aud that the women were
on a gen,ecl drunk" had set upon him and struck
him and har he hal hem arrested tor being dsorerly
AMI for assault. Captain Williams testified that the
womrn were not relIgiousy sol cr."
Miss Graham swore that Mira Lawrence had tried to
look her in her room alter demanding weeks rent,
and that she then called in tho assistance OF the police
Dr. Green said yesterday 81 have SHOWN Mrs.
Lawrence for many years and say unhesitatingy that
she has always been a respectable, hardwOrking con
scout,ous woman first lived at her hous@ IN Twelfth
A. opposite he house Of Conrrc .man Cox, In 1879
When I lett my in last Twenty took
the parlor floor OF hrs. LawrcGccs house On arriving
home The morning. after - clock found the Young
son aud dau rher oi Mrs Lawrence in tears In my par
lor They could not tell connected story. | called
on lady in the house who narrated tho circumstances
and sad that Mrs. Lawrence had sent tor me- Thought
station house and spoke the Sergeant wcstcvclt]
about tho matter lie said that Captain Williams had
gone home am nothing coud he done.
"a But protested. this LADY, did not then know
thnt moe than one was under arrestwil bive to STAY
here all night Then spoke OF bail He said that
couldn't be done. Then added: am DR.. Norvin
Green, the president the Western Union Telegraph
Company In few minutes had signed three bail
bonds release from the need Of prosecution and
other paper and took the ladies home had never be
fore seen the other two"
Detective Price has made arrests before under cir
olmstancs- when may Yet cause him trouble
Miss Granville took her baggage away at II
n. m. She was accompanied by a yOIng man
who gave the name Frank Pclton. She
plays Polly" small part tonight at Wnllack's in
IIarbor Ii .hts"
Dr. Noryin Green asserted yesterday that he no
indication in the house TO support the charge OF Price
that the ladies intoxicated lie did not believe
the charge. Mrs Lawrence denied cnphatiealy and
with indignation